The World According to Garp - Softcover

Irving, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034536676X ISBN 13: 9780345366764

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1994

Synopsis

The World According to Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation. A worldwide bestseller since its publication in 1978, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. S. Garp, novelist and bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her time. Beyond that, The World According to Garp virtually defies synopsis.

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Review:

"The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation . . . Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis. . . . A marvelous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent."--The New Republic

"A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking."--Washington Post

Book Description:

An extraordinary novel, perhaps the best known and most loved of Irving's books, and rightly hailed as a modern classic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 034536676X
• ISBN 13: 9780345366764
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 609